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Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
CPAP - Continuous ... - Bi-Level Positive ... In COPD, decreases ... status • Won't Work ... #criticalcare #management
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
6th decades of life ... cough, dyspnea, fever ... inflammatory debris-small airways ... DDX: • CAP, ... ILD #diagnosis #management
Intraoperative Patient Fire - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Evidence of fire (smoke, heat, odour, flash, flame)
fire • Bring CO2 ... gauze • Use CO2 ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Intraoperative Laryngospasm and Stridor - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre
laryngospasm. ❹ Give CPAP ... • Continue CPAP ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia - Illness Script

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: Unknown trigger, reversible inflammatory/fibroproliferative process. Polypoid fibroblastic aggregates that plug
that plug distal airways ... -6th decade of life ... misdiagnosed as CAP ... Cough, dyspnea, fever ... Pneumonia #diagnosis #management
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
• Check airway ... adult, 10 ml.kg-1 paediatric ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist ... /management of shock ... pts a CBC and CMP ... bedside echo is never ... #ICU #Pearls #Checklist
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
Diagnosis and Management ... active ROM +/- fever ... viral arthritis Workup ... 90% sensitive in pediatrics ... MH/CCF/CWRU EM
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
CO2 is absent, presume ... CardiacArrest #Checklist ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
COVID-19 Related Personal Protection Management 

Level I protection 
 • Disposable surgical cap
 • Disposable surgical
Personal Protection Management ... Disposable surgical cap ... isolation clothing if ... Disposable surgical cap ... Disposable surgical cap